Improved paint-brush



lnit @Stime IAOOB RAYLS, OF WASHINGTON, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 99,276, dated January 25, 1,870.

IMPROVED PAINT-BRUSH.

The Schedule referrnd to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame,

2 and 3, capable of being contracted and expanded,

To all whom fit may concern.:

Bc it known that I, J A0013 RAYLs, of Washington, in the county ofTazewell, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Paint-Brushes; and do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

The nature of my invention consists ivn the mode of fastening the`bristles into the head and handle of the brush, as will be hereinafterfully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains, to rnakeand use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referling to the annexed drawings, whichform a part of this specification, and in which-` Figure 1. is avertical section of thefentire brush, and

l.Figures 2 and 3 are sections of the expansion-ring. A represents the.bristles ot' the brush, which are placed within a ring, B, screwed onto the head C, this head being firm-ly attached tothe handle D.

In the centre of the bristles is placed an expansionring, E, which isformed in two halves, shown in figs.

without separating.

Through the ring E is passed a cone, G, and through said cone a screw,I, passes into the handle.

As the screw I is passed into the handle I), it presses the cone npward,expanding the ring E, and, consequently, securely fastening the bristlesbetween said expansionaing E and the outside ring B and head C.

Having thus fully described my invention,

IVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The construction of theexpanding-ring, in two parts, with its devicefor preventing their displacement in expanding, in combination with thecone G and screw I, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with the expandingring E, cone G, and screw I, thearrangement of the bristles A, ring B, head C, and handle D, all asshown, and for the purposes set forth.

J AOOB RAYLS.

Witnesses BEN. ToBIAs,

MATTHEW CRAIG.

